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July, 2015
Bishop Kenneth Bakken has retired and is now emeritus status in the ACC. The Synod of Bishops is seeking someone to manage the Office of Global Ministries.
April 23-27, 2015
Bishop Kenneth Bakken, Vicar General, ACC Office of Global Ministries traveled to Haiti to ordain two new priests, Emmanuel Julien and Zacharie Paul in a moving ordination Mass. Congregants reported angels descending and ascending around the altar during the laying-on-of-hands. The church is growing in great numbers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic with 5 new parishes.
December 22, 2014
His Holiness Pope Francis excoriates the Vatican bureaucracy and begins the journey to true reform of the Curia.
October 31, 2014
The Most Rev. Robert Edmondson, Metropolitan Archbishop
of the Augustana Catholic Church (ACC) sent a letter to His Holiness Pope Francis requesting the formation of a Lutheran Ordinariate, including a brief review of correspondence with the Vatican, specifically the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Copies of the papal letter were sent to Gerhard Cardinal Mueller and Kurt Cardinal Koch, as well as Cardinal Kaspar. We are prayerfully anticipating a positive reply because Rome has publically asked for a formal request by a Lutheran ecclesial body.
The Feast of Pentecost
June 8, 2014
The Most Rev. Monsignor Kenneth L. Bakken was ordained Bishop at Holy Family Catholic Church in the ACC in Davidsonville (Annapolis), Maryland, and named Vicar General and Director of Global Ministries. The Roman Rite of Ordination was performed in the valid succession of Bishops in the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. The primary ordaining bishop was ACC Metropolitan Archbishop Robert W.M. Edmondson, together with The Most Rev. Irl Gladfelter, Emeritus, and The Most Rev. Thomas Stover, Bishop of the West. The Celebrant was The Rev. Jens Bargmann.
Bishop Bakken was also named Titular Bishop, Trondheim, Norway, a Catholic See that has been vacant since the Lutheran Reformation 1534.
ACC Archbishop Lubega of Uganda has dedicated several new parishes. The phenomenal growth of the Church by our African sisters and brothers is exciting.
St. John Chrysostomos
Office of the Vicar General
Come Join Us In This Exciting Journey in Christ


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Following clinic course taught by Sharon Weill at PSIA, students met with UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, in Paris in May 2018.
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Hoek, Jan B.
Jan B. Hoek, PhD
527 Alumni Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-5016
(215) 923-2218 fax
Medical School
PhD, University of Amsterdam - 1972
University Appointment
Professor, Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research and Clinical Interests
Systems biology of intracellular signal transduction networks; deregulation of cytokine and growth factor signaling in the liver associated with chronic alcohol consumption; early signaling responses during liver regeneration; bioenergetics and mitochondrial metabolism and its role in intracellular signaling and apoptosis.
Research in my laboratory is focused on the analysis of integrated signaling responses in liver and other tissues and on the adaptive or maladaptive modification of these responses by acute and chronic ethanol exposure. The following project are currently ongoing:
Analysis of growth factor signaling networks and related gene expression profiles in liver, using a combination of computational modeling and experimental studies;
Signaling events associated with the onset and progression of liver regeneration, with emphasis on the control of energy metabolism, purinergic signaling and AMP-activated protein kinase;
Mechanisms of ethanol-associated disturbance of cellular Ca2+ homeostasis and Ca2+ signaling and its role in adaptation and stress-responses in the liver;
Mechanisms of ethanol-induced susceptibility to apoptotic signals in the liver.
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- The path from mitochondrial ROS to aging runs through the mitochondrial permeability transition pore
- Alcohol-Mediated Missplicing of Mcl-1 Pre-mRNA is Involved in Neurotoxicity
- Biochemical effects of exercise on a fasciocutaneous flap in a rat model
- Chronic alcohol feeding potentiates hormone-induced calcium signalling in hepatocytes
- Mitochondrial Ca2+and regulation of the permeability transition pore
- Mitochondrial fusion dynamics is robust in the heart and depends on calcium oscillations and contractile activity
- Pattern analysis uncovers a chronic ethanol-induced disruption of the switchlike dynamics of C/EBP-β and C/EBP-α genome-wide binding during liver regeneration
- Computational Modeling of Spatiotemporal Ca2+Signal Propagation Along Hepatocyte Cords
- Synergistic effects of ascorbate and sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma: New insights into ascorbate cytotoxicity
- Aging effects on pedicled fasciocutaneous flap survival in rats
- A novel comparative pattern analysis approach identifies chronic alcohol mediated dysregulation of transcriptomic dynamics during liver regeneration
- MICU1 regulation of mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake dictates survival and tissue regeneration
- A novel comparative pattern count analysis reveals a chronic ethanol-induced dynamic shift in immediate early NF-κB genome-wide promoter binding during liver regeneration
- Inhibition of miR-21 rescues liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in ethanol-fed rats
- Amygdalar neuronal plasticity and the interactions of alcohol, sex, and stress
- In vivo zonal variation and liver cell-type specific NF-κB localization after chronic adaptation to ethanol and following partial hepatectomy
- Multistrip western blotting: A tool for comparative quantitative analysis of multiple proteins
- Computational modeling analysis of mitochondrial superoxide production under varying substrate conditions and upon inhibition of different segments of the electron transport chain
- Silence on the relevant literature and errors in implementation
- Alcohol and breast cancer: Reconciling epidemiological and molecular data


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With Uncanny Avengers launching last week, we're about to be in full swing for Marvel NOW!, Marvel's daring initiative that's launching a megaton of new books and playing creative team musical chairs. Quite honestly, nearly every series that's been unveiled is genuinely exciting in some way, be it the return of certain characters or the creators involved.
I've boiled it down to 10, though -- should I only be able to pick up a select few of these new books, these would be the ones I give my money to. Agree/disagree? Sound off in the comments down below.
All-New X-Men
While we weren't huge fans of Avengers vs. X-Men, it without a doubt left Cyclops in an interesting place. As a general Cyclops fan, it's hard to accept that he's become such a huge(er) douche. However, with Brian Bendis and Stuart Immonen's new X-Men series, we'll get to see the most idealistic version of Scott Summers – the original incarnation from the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby days – witness what he's to become. Just as interesting will be the other original X-team member's reactions to the horrible future that they're fighting for.
The time travel premise combined with Bendis tackling the X-Men – Marvel characters he's never really handled at length before – makes All-New X-Men one of the Marvel NOW! books I'm dying to try out.
The Superior Spider-Man
The news that the titular Superior Spider-Man wouldn't be Peter Parker broke during New York Comic-Con and, naturally, caused some waves across the Internet. However, it's exactly because of this that I'm excited for this book – it's one, if not the only, Marvel NOW! title to be relaunched by one of the previous series' key creators, yet still feel drastically different.
In this case, Dan Slott is following up on his epic story in Amazing Spider-Man that will conclude in issue #700, which he's repeatedly proclaimed will make him the most hated man in comics. Plus, you've got Ryan Stegman coming back to a Spider-character, and that's just rad. So what does that mean for Peter Parker? And who is this new Spidey? We'll have to read on to find out – and that's the best friggin' part. Sadly, a rarity in modern comics.
Young Avengers
Fan favorites Wiccan and Hulkling are returning to action in a brand new Young Avengers series, alongside a more recent favorite of ours here at IGN – kid Loki. Better yet, this new series is being written by longtime Loki handler Kieron Gillen, who will hopefully continue his satisfying portrayal of Marvel's teen heroes. Add into the mix artist Jamie McKelvie, and you've got a surefire recipe for awesomesauce.
Not to mention – Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley is gifting us with an awesome variant cover for issue #1. Perfect.
Uncanny Avengers
At this point, this is the only new Marvel NOW! title we've gotten a taste of (read our review), and it certainly didn't disappoint. The return of John Cassaday to interior art combined with the sort of epic storytelling we know Rick Remender is capable of (thanks to his utterly fantastic Uncanny X-Force) makes this a must-read title. Plus, given the nature of the tales Remender has been building in both X-Force and Secret Avengers, it's likely that we'll see many of those plot threads carry over to this book in one form or another.
Not to mention the fact that Uncanny Avengers #1 featured some insight into Thor's personal coffee tastes.
Thor: God of Thunder
Jason Aaron's known for the absolutely insane shenanigans he puts his heroes through – look no further than Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine or his Incredible Hulk run – so that alone drives my interest in any new hero he takes on. But with Thor, Aaaron is promising a story that spans thousands of years and inspects the God of Thunder from three different perspectives – young Thor, current Thor, and old King Thor. Tie that together with what sounds like a suitable Aaron-style villain (Gor the God Butcher), and you've got me hook, line, and sinker.
Esad Ribic will also be joining Aaron to give Thor the majestic imagery that he so rightly deserves.
Journey Into Mystery
Though it's the only comic on this list that's not a new #1 (in fact, Journey Into Mystery will be Marvel's highest numbered title once Amazing Spider-Man ends in December), that doesn't mean it's any less exciting. Issue #646 finds Kathryn Immonen taking over the title from Kieron Gillen and shifting the focus to Lady Sif, Journey Into Mystery will feel wholly new.
Joining Immonen is artist Valerio Schiti, and together the team will send Sif on a journey to become a better warrior. In my opinion, this should've happened sooner.
The Avengers
Jonathan Hickman is notorious for his meticulous planning and seeding of plot points throughout long, epic storylines. We saw it in Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors, S.H.I.E.L.D., and now we're going to see it in Marvel's Avengers line, including New Avengers and Avengers proper. Boasting a cast upwards of 20 (20!), Hickman is looking to make his run as big as possible.
At NYCC, editor Tom Brevoort said that they've already got multiple years of stories planned out, so you can bet that Hickman's work on Avengers will be just as deliberate as his FF work was. I'm 100% okay with that.
Captain America
Following such a massive, impressive run like Ed Brubaker on Captain America will be no easy feat, but if there's one writer up for the challenge, it's Rick Remender. Moving Captain America back into the realm of crazy sci-fi, Cap will battle Arnim Zola in Dimension Z in an attempt to distance the book from the more espionage/spy tones of Brubaker's work.
Joining Remender on Cap will be legendary artist John Romita Jr., and we can rest assured that the duo will strive to knock the ball out of the park with this one. It's going to be fun to see Cap in more "traditional" superhero comics fare after nearly a decade engrained in the more political and shady side of the Marvel Universe. Plus, just like for Uncanny Avengers, I'm betting we'll get to see Remender really build some epic storylines for Steve Rogers.
The Indestructible Hulk
If there's one thing I love more than anything at Marvel right now, it's the reintroduction of purely fun superhero comics – namely in the form of Daredevil and Hawkeye. Fitting, then, that Daredevil scribe Mark Waid is ramping up to do the very same thing for Bruce Banner that he's done for Matt Murdock – making him genuinely enjoyable to read again. Too long has Banner been snubbed and looked down on; it's time that we get to like him again.
Joined by Leinil Yu, Waid's Indestructible Hulk – even based solely on my love for his work on Daredevil – is without a doubt one of the most exciting announcements to spin out of the Marvel NOW! madness.
I mean, come on – Mike Allred on an ongoing Marvel book? It's pretty much a no-brainer. His recent return to Marvel in the pages of Daredevil and Wovlerine and the X-Men have been nothing short of amazing, so seeing the artist team with Matt Fraction (I love you, Hawkeye) is just icing on the cake. Sure to be the quirkiest of Marvel NOW!'s new books, this new incarnation of the Future Foundation gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. Medusa, She-Hulk, Ant-Man, and now a Ms. Thing… come on, man! Awesome.
I'm telling you now: this is going to be your new favorite Marvel book.
Joey is IGN's Comics Editor and a comic book creator himself. Follow Joey on Twitter @JoeyEsposito, or find him on IGN at Joey-IGN. He loves superhero pets so hard.


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Elemental® Cyber Security
Elemental Cyber Security, Inc. is operated by seasoned, pragmatic, and knowledgeable professionals that have led several technology companies to global growth and success. Their complementary backgrounds in sales, sales operations, marketing, product management, software development, customer support provide the guarantee that Elemental Security Platform is the effective, reliable solution to protect your business.
Marius Octavian Bratan
President & CEO, Elemental Cyber Security, Inc.
With over 20 years of sales, marketing and technical management experience at global organizations providing software and hardware solutions as well as services; Marius O. Bratan has the executive experience and expertise needed to build Elemental Cyber Security, Inc. into a global technology company creating, developing and delivering effective cyber security solutions to enterprise markets while keeping an eye on bottom-line results.
Prior to his role in Elemental, Mr. Bratan founded 1stmarkets, Inc. in 2003, a consulting and solutions provider organization to help IT security companies grow their business in global markets. During that time he has also successfully developed and marketed the AxioTAP product line globally. Mr. Bratan served for 10 years as a senior Executive for ODS Networks Intrusion, Inc., a publicly held technology startup (cyber security and networking solutions) based in Richardson TX, USA. As Vice President of International Operations, Mr. Bratan successfully expanded, managed and directed international sales operations, as well as the marketing efforts through existing and new subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. As Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA, he has ramped international operations building local sales and support teams, establishing robust distribution channels, signing up strategic accounts, leading marketing initiatives and developing professional services programs. Prior to that, Mr. Bratan held various sales, product management, project management and product development positions at Hirschmann GmbH & Co, International CPU (Novell), Unisys and Nixdorf throughout Europe.
Marius O. Bratan has a MS. in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), USA, as well as a Masters Degree in Business Administration and Project Management from Ecole Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l'Information (EISTI) in Paris, France. He is fluent in English, German and French.
Tom Allen
Chief Operating Officer
With more than 25 years experience in small, medium and large enterprises, Tom Allen has the experience to grow and develop Elemental Cyber Security into a thriving organization delivering products to the global marketplace.
Prior to Elemental Cyber Security, Mr. Allen served as CIO for Privacy, Inc. Mr. Allen has extensive experience with start-up, medium and large companies. Mr. Allens experience includes serving as Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Vocaldata and Transat Technologies. In these positions, he developed Telco quality products in the Voice Over IP and Wi-Fi Hotspot markets and delivered these products worldwide. He also held several executive positions with Glenayre's Integrated Network Group including Vice President and General Manager of Open Development Corp., Vice President of Product Management and, Vice President of Product Development. Prior to Glenayre, Mr. Allen held executive positions with Interphase Corp. and DSC.
Mr. Allen has a BS in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas and Graduate Studies in Business from the University of Florida.
Jerry Crabb
Executive Vice President of Development
Jerry Crabb is responsible for overseeing Elemental Security Platform product engineering, quality assurance and support.
As a seasoned business professional with a wealth of product knowledge and expertise, Mr. Crabbs duties encompass all of the core product development processes including integration, release schedules as well as components of the computing infrastructure. Mr. Crabb brings to Elemental Cyber Security over 15 years of managing both development and support teams, for companies like Matchmaker.com, ICT America and e-Global Sports Network. Having served in various capacities as CTO, VP and Director, Mr. Crabb has a proven track record for managing challenging development projects and taking them to the marketplace.
Rolf T. Wichter
Executive Vice President International
Rolf T. Wichter has more than 20 years of technical, sales and management experience in several European and International positions with hardware and software companies. He excels at positioning IT-technology products in international markets and new business development.
Prior to Elemental Cyber Security, Mr. Wichter co-founded 1stmarkets, Inc. in 2003, an American - European consulting and solution provider organization supporting IT-Security companies to expand into international markets and develop new business. Mr. Wichter is acting General Manager for the European arm of 1stmarkets, the 1stmarkets GmbH, based in Munich Germany. Mr. Wichter held the position of a General Manager Central Europe for Intrusion GmbH and several European and International Sales & OEM Management positions in companies like Adobe Systems GmbH, Schneider & Koch GmbH and Hirschmann GmbH & Co.
Rolf T. Wichter has an Dipl.-Ing.(FH) engineering degree in Electronics & Telecommunications from Fachhochschule Rheinland-Pfalz, Abtlg. Trier in Germany. Mr. Wichter is fluent in English and German.


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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) from July 23-27, 2018. The HDRI aims to support the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers and stimulate research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science.
Please join us on May 3rd, 2018 from 5:00- 7:00 PM at the UCSF Parnassus Library, Lange Room for an evening team science event to encourage cross-institutional collaboration between the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco State University. For this second of our new 'In the Mix' series, developed to foster faculty interaction between UCSF and SFSU and support a research collaboration pipeline between the two institutions, the theme is 'Broader Impacts'.
National Institute on Aging Grantee to Host Expense Covered Training for Early Career Investigators-Apply Now!
The Stanford Center on Longevity and Duke Center for Interdisciplinary Decision Science are inviting applications from early career social scientists to attend a 2-day training workshop at Stanford University on September 10th and 11th, 2018.
Supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging, this workshop will focus on strategies and tools for academic researchers to collaborate with private sector companies on applied research problems and interventions related to everyday decision making and behavior.
The Graduate Research and Creative Works Showcase is an annual exhibition of the diverse work of SF State's graduate students. Each year, more than 150 graduate exhibitors create poster displays depicting the purpose, methods and results of their research or creative projects. All are welcome to the Main Gym between 3 and 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, to see and be inspired by these talented students' innovative work.
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In order to capitalize on the opportunities presented by advances in data science, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is developing a Strategic Plan for Data Science.
A Stat CORR Methodology and Multivariate Analysis (MAMA) presentation featuring Edward Connor, Department of Biology, SF State University
Converting from SPSS to R in Classroom Instruction with
Edward F. Connor
Monday, April 2, Noon-1pm, LIB286
Faculty Commons (LIB 286), lunch.
You are invited……
Dear Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 18-1) has been issued.
Who? Faculty and Administrative Staff interested in learning about Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
What? Two hour training session broken into pre-award and post-award (i.e. before submitting the proposal and after getting the award)
When? Session 1: Wednesday October 11, 2017 from 9:30 to 11 am
Session 2: Tuesday November 7 from 11 am to 1 pm
Stat CORR talk by Professor Stanley Pogrow, Nov. 6 The campus community is invited to a Stat CORR Methodology and Multivariate Analysis (MAMA) meeting featuring Professor of Educational Leadership Stanley Pogrow. Pogrow will speak on the topic "How Practical Significance Misleads Practice," exploring how applied research misdirecting clinical practice is a widespread problem across the social, management and medical sciences and outlining his efforts to reform how quantitative methods are taught in leadership programs nationally. The presentation will be held Monday, Nov.
What: NVIVO software for Qualitative and Mixed Methods researchers with applications for Text, Survey and Social Network Analysis (SNA)
When & Where: Wednesday October 18, LIB 282
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Destroying a Museum Archive: Sex, Racism, Image and Contemporary Archaeology, presented by Prof. Doug Bailey
Destroying a Museum Archive: Sex, Racism, Image and Contemporary Archaeology
Speaker: Professor Doug Bailey (Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University)
Time: Monday, Oct. 16th, 2pm-4pm (reception follows talk)
Location: UC Berkeley, 221 Kroeber Hall (Gifford Room)
Who? Faculty and Administrative Staff interested in learning about Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
What? Two hour training session broken into pre-award and post-award (i.e. before submitting the proposal and after getting the award)
When? Session 1: Wednesday October 11, 2017 from 9:30 to 11 am
Session 2: Tuesday November 7 from 11 am to 1 pm
Where? Faculty Commons (LIB 286)
Mixed Effects Models instead of Repeated Measures and Nested Anova in R presented by Edward Connor, PhD
The presentation entitled "Mixed Effects Models instead of Repeated Measures and Nested Anova in R" which will describe how to utilize the R Statistics software with various repeated measures as well as nested data. R is an open source software environment for statistical analysis and graphics. Come learn how R has been successfully used for teaching and research purposes.
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Greg Warr, PhD, a Permanent Program Director in the Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences (BIO/MCB) at NSF will give an overview of NSF programs relevant primarily to cell and molecular biology and share key strategic areas of current and future NSF funding focus. His presentation will be followed by a networking reception. Space is limited so be sure to register early.
The Committee for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) is hosting the first LCA Undergraduate Research Showcase on Thursday May 11, 11-4 PM, with a reception from 4-6PM at the Seven Hills Conference Center. Please join us to celebrate student projects from across the College, including posters, performances, and presentations. Winners in each category will be announced at the reception, after which light refreshments will be served.
Dr. John-Carlos Perea, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, will be giving the first performance of his ORSP funded musical composition/research project on Monday, March 13 at 1:10pm, Knuth Hall in the Creative Arts building. Admission Free and Open to the Public.
CSU Office of the Chancellor for Research will live webcast a webinar for Faculty Proposal Development on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 9 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. The webinar is available to all faculty.
Presented by Research, CSU Office of the Chancellor, Dr. Ganesh Raman
Guest Speaker - Dr. Richard Ziegfeld
Two CSU Faculty Panels: Federal Grants Awarded and Selection Committees Served
The National Science Foundation is pleased to announce that it will offer a Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) Update Webinar to the public on Thursday, January 19, 2017 from 1pm-2:30pm EST.
This workshop will provide an overview of how to draft a standard project proposal, including: the basic elements of a proposal, the "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal, and different ways to follow-up. Additionally, the workshop will provide an overview of Grants.gov.
Grants Workshop with Congresswoman Pelosi's Office
Contemporary Issues in LGBTQ Research/Practice.
Join the president of Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues) of the American Psychological Association, Kimberly Balsam, for a facilitated discussion of the current state of health and wellbeing of LGBTQ communities. December 7th from 2-3:30 in Library 222.
For questions, contact Mickey Eliason (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Representatives of nonprofit organizations and individual artists interested in learning how to apply to the Creative Work Fund for its 2017 cycle are invited to attend this informational session. The director of the Creative Work Fund will describe guidelines, the grantmaking process, and respond to questions from potential applicants.
Learn the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants including:
- Who funds nonprofits and what are their motivations.
- What do funders really want to know about the organizations they are interested in funding.
- How do you identify potential funders and make the first approach.
Representatives of nonprofit organizations and individual artists interested in learning how to apply to the Creative Work Fund for its 2017 cycle are invited to attend this informational session. The director of the Creative Work Fund will describe guidelines, the grantmaking process, and respond to questions from potential applicants.
The Creative Work Fund invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to intellectual inquiry and to the strengthening of communities. Artists are encouraged to collaborate with nonprofit organizations of all kinds, stretching boundaries and forging new partnerships.
The Creative Work Fund invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to intellectual inquiry and to the strengthening of communities. Artists are encouraged to collaborate with nonprofit organizations of all kinds, stretching boundaries and forging new partnerships.
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You will learn the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants including:
· Who funds nonprofits and what are their motivations.
· What do funders really want to know about the organizations they are interested in funding.
· How do you identify potential funders and make the first approach.
Corporate grant-makers are different from traditional foundations in many ways. This class provides a basic overview of:
· The different types of corporate giving
· What motivates corporations to give
· How to find potential corporate partners
The Gerontology Program at SF State will host a site visit and local learning opportunities for the 21st IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics) World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics July 23-27, 2017. The current deadline for presenter abstractsis July 15, 2016, but the deadline may be extended.
This three-day immersion course focuses on the essential knowledge and skills fundraisers need to become effective proposal writers: using a program/project logic model to craft the proposal narrative, researching foundation funding sources, planning your approach to institutional grantmakers, understanding the components of a project budget, and writing sections of the proposal and letter of inquiry.
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CSULB is hosting a research grant information workshop w/ Dr. Kellina Crig-Henderson, Deputy Assistant Director, Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences of the NSF. Topics will include an overview of NSF funding opportunities with emphasis on SBE sciences as well as NSF-wide programs to support research for career investigators, post docs, graduate and undergrad students.
The ninth International Conference on Practical Linguistics of Japanese (ICPLJ9): Japanese Textbook Workshops will be held June 4-5, in the Humanities Auditorium (HUM 133).
Register online for the event. The conference program can also be downloaded from the site by following the "View the Schedule" link toward the bottom.
This workshop reviews the basics of using census data in grant proposal writing. Learn where to locate census demographics to help build an effective case for project funding. Some of the topics covered are navigating the American Fact Finder website tool, Census products and data sets for finding the best information for your grant. You will learn about the surveys that can help you obtain community level detail; American Community Survey, Population Estimates Program and others.
You will learn the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants including:
- Who funds nonprofits and what are their motivations.
- What do funders really want to know about the organizations they are interested in funding.
How do you identify potential funders and make the first approach
This class will provide you with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation. It will include:
- The basic elements of a proposal
- The "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal
How to follow up whether the answer is yes or no
NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) wants to spread the word about its programs, the research it funds, and the process of applying for an award. SBE's outreach is particularly focused on Minority Serving Institutions. Events so far have included a February presentation at Tennessee State University, attended by representatives from eight schools, which included a mock merit review panel to show participants how NSF evaluates award proposals. Earlier this month, Trinity University hosted a similar event, featuring 13 staff members representing all three of SBE's divisions, and attended by 12 schools.
The dates for the 2016 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration in Baltimore, Maryland are set. Mark your calendar for May 11-13, 2016 to be a part of this highly anticipated and unique opportunity to learn more about the NIH grants process and the latest policy news directly from NIH & HHS experts.
Join ORSP for our "Write an NSF Grant Proposal" or "Write an NIH Grant Proposal" workshop this semester. Contact Jessica (email@example.com) by Feb. 5, 2016 if interested.
The NEA has scheduled webinars covering the basics of the Art Works and Challenge America funding categories, how to apply to the NEA, how to select work samples, and how to prepare a strong application. After each presentation, there will be time for Q&A with NEA staff. The schedule below indicates Pacific Standard Time. To join any of the webinars, go to the webinar section of arts.gov.
Central Marin Police Authority and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Larkspur, February 23-24, 2016. This training is for grant seekers across all disciplines. Attend this class and you'll learn how to find grants and write winning grant proposals.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Pasadena City College (PCC) are pleased to invite you to participate in our upcoming NSF Day to be held on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 to be held on the PCC campus in Pasadena, California.
NSF Days provide basic insight and instruction on how to compete for NSF funding for science, engineering and education research. This day-long workshop will provide background on the Foundation, its mission, priorities, and budget.
This three-day immersion course focuses on the essential knowledge and skills grantseekers need to become effective proposal writers. Attendees will become familiar with the key components of a competitive grant proposal and a well-organized budget, and develop a targeted list of foundation funding prospects. The first two days are devoted to proposal writing exercises, peer review exchanges, and creating sample budgets. On the third day, you'll do actual foundation research and participate in a mock proposal review process that will help you understand the proposal from a grantmaker's perspective.
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation will host a live webinar on the recently published revision to the IOS Core Programs solicitation (NSF 16-505) on Tuesday, November 17 at 8:00 AM Pacific time.
Webinars for Applicants and Grant Administrators: What You Need to Know About NIH Application Submission and Review
The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is hosting two webinars designed to give participants useful insights into NIH's application submission and peer review process. All of the webinars will run from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST, including a 30 minute Q&A period.
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center is pleased to present a new webinar series designed for community-based, faith-based and other organizations that want to learn the basics of creating successful federal grant applications.
The first National Science Foundation Grants Conference of the fiscal year will be held in Arlington, Virginia on November 2-3, 2015, and hosted by Georgetown University.
Key representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as your colleagues—faculty, researchers, and grant administrators—representing colleges and universities from across the U.S. will participate.
The NSF recently added Ideas Labs to its official list of funding mechanisms. But what is an Ideas Lab, and is it something your should be encouraging your faculty to attend?
The NIH Regional Seminar offers a comprehensive program for the NIH extramural community about the NIH grants process and related policies, including such topics as Fundamentals of the NIH, compliance, peer review, grant writing for success, pre-award and post-award issues for administrators and investigators, animal and human subject research, and how to interact electronically with NIH.
As the federal agency of record on arts research, the National Endowment for the Arts is doing its part to invest in new arts research with the latest Research: Art Works grant funding opportunity. This program supports research for projects that investigate the value and impact of the arts on individuals and communities. Prospective applicants can learn about the grant process at an upcoming NEA grant guidelines webinar on September 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM ET. Register in advance. An archive of the webinar will be available on the NEA's website in the webinar section shortly after the event. The deadline for submitting an application is October 20, 2015.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has issued a new Program Announcement for Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy ("Bridges 2.0") grants. The agency set aside $45 million for up to 15 grants to Bridges 2.0 training programs. Applicants do not need to have won prior Bridges grants from CIRM. Proposals are due October 1, 2015. CSUPERB will organize two proposal writing workshops; one in the Los Angeles area at Cal Poly Pomona's Kellogg West Conference Center on Thursday, August 27, 2015 and one in the San Jose area (exact location to be confirmed) on Thursday, September 3, 2015 for interested campus teams.
This workshop, which is subsidized, is open to both CSU faculty and students. Participants will use cutting edge mass-spectrometry based techniques to undertake protein identification and study protein-protein interactions, post translational modifications and quantitative proteomics.
The campus community is invited once again this year to ORSP's Research Roundup of presentations by faculty who received an ORSP small grant last year for research and creative projects. It's always a fascinating afternoon of projects ranging from documentary films to ecology and biology – and beyond.
The Art and Science of Contemplative Practice
How can contemplative practices and rigorous scientific studies best inform each other for a greater common good? Internationally recognized scholars and contemplatives will explore this issue in a multi-disciplinary conference.
Make this a summer of writing! Start with a 2-day facilitated writing retreat, followed by summer-long team and facilitator check-in sessions and peer exchange. Writing retreats are a great way to get started on projects. Ongoing peer support and critique will keep you engaged in the process over time. Full day retreat sessions on June 1 and 2, check-ins through July and August, with wrap up presentations on August 19.
Space is limited. Please pre-register here
SAS Academic Ambassador and UC San Diego Lecturer Julian Parris will provide a two-part introduction to visualizing and analyzing data using JMP statistical software (published by SAS) on Monday, May 4, from noon to 2 p.m. in LIB 286. Lunch will be provided. The first hour of the presentation will guide participants through the basics of the JMP statistical platform with an emphasis on crafting effective visualizations to tell the story in the data. The second hour of the session will introduce more advanced visualization, analysis and modeling platforms in JMP with a discussion of best practices in research and teaching. RSVP to email@example.com Anyone planning to drop in for part of the workshop should RSVP to Julie Paez at firstname.lastname@example.com or ext. 5-3995. For more information, contact Richard Harvey at firstname.lastname@example.com or ext. 8-3478.
The Marian Wright Edelman Institute and the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement (ICCE) will hold a town hall meeting about community service learning (CSL) related to children, youth and families.
Presenter: Dr. Chris Bettinger, Dept. of Sociology, SF State University,
This Stat CORR Methodology and Multivariate Analysis (MAMA) presentation will introduce you to R and some useful add-ons like R Studio. Bring a laptop. We'll start by playing around with R as a calculator and then move to show its strengths as a software environment. We'll discuss its advantages over applications like SPSS and MS Excel, and show how it can be used in undergraduate classes without too much consternation.
Come any time, early or late
Lunch Served
Jon Funabiki, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Dilena Takeyama Center at SFSU will host an event on April 4th from 1-3pm in Japantown, on his project funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
Bring your laptop and in 15 minutes we will have you up and running on our database ("Pivot") that will send you ongoing funding alerts by email.
Stay longer (optional) to explore some of Pivot's additional features such as building targeted searches and saving, tracking, and sharing results.
Led by Paul Barrows, Funding Information Specialist, ORSP
Seating is limited - please register here
Half-day seminar on "Data Visualization" to be offered on February 5 in San Mateo. Kaiser Fung, author of the book "Numbersense" will present the seminar. Kaiser Fung is a professional statistician whose blog, Junk Charts, pioneered the critical examination of data and graphics in the mass media. He is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and adjunct professor at New York University, where he teaches practical statistics.
Make 2015 the year that writing gets easier!
Whether you're developing manuscripts for journal publication, research proposals, or book reviews, it can be hard to get started. Join with SFSU colleagues in a two-day workshop for faculty. We will provide:
- Tools for overcoming writers' block
- Exercises for beginning a new project
- On-site text consultation
- Literature search expert and a statistician to facilitate data
Social/MBB brownbag is a forum for graduate students and faculty to present and discuss research in all areas of social/personality psychology and mind, brain, and behavior (MBB) psychology. Meetings have two goals: (1) to create opportunities for graduate students and faculty to present and receive feedback on current or ongoing projects and (2) to pool our knowledge about statistics, methodology and theory and thereby expand our understandings beyond the work being conducted in individual labs.
More information: http://online.sfsu.edu/ctate2/brownbag.html
This Stat CORR Methodology and Multivariate Analysis (MAMA) presentation will feature presenter Richard Harvey, Department of Health Education and Holistic Health, SF State, who will introduce some approaches to grounded theory and qualitative data analysis.
Lunch Served
RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com
Come any time, early or late
More Information: Richard Harvey, 338-3478 / email@example.com or
Edward Connor 338-6997/ email@example.com
The purpose of the Brown Bag is to have a time for SFSU developmental students and faculty to meet and discuss research, how to apply to Ph.D. programs, and hear the results of current masters' theses. Guest speakers from developmental and other related fields are invited to present. This is a time to get to know one another and make connections. These will be informal meetings so please feel free to bring a lunch! Also, if you'd like to recommend a speaker, please contact Jeff Cookston at email@example.com
More information: http://developmentalpsych.sfsu.edu/brownbag
Join Qualtrics at the Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf for a fun day of trainings, break-out sessions, workshops, how-to's, fun, and food! This complimentary and unique event will offer you the chance to interact with Qualtrics employees and other researchers, and gain a deeper understanding on how Qualtrics can help maximize your research efforts. Trust us, you won't want to miss out!
During this presentation entitled "An Introduction to R: R Commander, R Studio, and R Console " Edward F. Connor, Prof. of Biology, will introduce some easy ways to get started with statistical analysis in the R programming environment. Ed will present an overview of R and demonstrate three environments for using R.
Lunch Served. RSVP: Leticia Santos, 405-3995 / email@example.com
This presentation by Andrew Roderick and Jonathan Forester will describe how to access and use software packages such as SPSS, AMOS, SAS, Minitab, ArcGIS, and Mathematica without installing all of these packages on your computer. It will also show how students in your classes can access some of these software packages. Suggestions for improvement of this gateway will be welcomed as will suggestions for other software to make available via this gateway.
Come any time, early or late RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com Lunch Served
This year-long course for faculty included lectures, interactive workshops, online resource materials, brown bags, visiting scholars with expertise ranging from community-based research, to conceptual development such as how best to develop testable hypotheses. There was also an intensive summer institute in June, 2014 for a cohort of faculty.
The campus community is invited once again this year to ORSP's Research Roundup of presentations by faculty who received an ORSP small grant last year for research and creative projects.
The 2014 Faculty Retreat included faculty affinity group meetings, a panel discussion on managing collaborations, a poster session presenting faculty scholarship, "Campus Arts and Lectures" at which faculty spoke about their creative works, and a book author reception.
Writer's block got you down? Join your colleagues from across the university on June 5, 6 and 7 for an intensive two-and-a-half day working session, for faculty who are in the process of writing manuscripts for journal publication.
ORSP invites the SF State campus to attend a research, scholarly and creative works symposium presented by faculty from last year's (2012) ORSP small grant and methodology awards competition.
The Faculty Research and Creative Activities Retreat 2013 on January 23rd and 24th is now history. The Retreat was meant to build skills, gather and build collaborations, recognize faculty achievements and learn about new developments at other universities. Over 300 faculty participants attended 22 affinity groups and ten professional development workshops. SF State faculty were recognized in 94 featured works including posters and books, and for 80 awarded grants. As well, the Fostering Students as Innovators panel drew a standing room only crowd, as did the provocative and exciting keynote lecture by Londa Schiebinger.
The open-source software package R is a comprehensive platform for performing statistical analyses.
Streaming video of this workshop is available through iLearn. Please contact Jeff Cookston, Associate Professor of Psychology (email@example.com) for access.
- Powerful Project Summaries/Abstracts
- Persuasive Budget Justifications
Focusing on the components identified in the workshop titles, the sessions also emphasized key elements of grantsmanship to help participants strengthen their overall proposal writing skills. Mandatory Data Management/Sharing plans were also discussed.
As rules, regulations and norms change and shift, many universities consider it an important investment to keep faculty and IRB Members well informed about human research volunteer protections. Toward this end, ORSP hosted a 2-hour workshop led by Tom Bechert, a nationally recognized consultant.
Presentation slides are available, in order of original presentation.
ORSP in collaboration with the CSU Chancellor's office presented the workshop: "How to Do Business With Business: A workshop on faculty partnerships with industry."
Streaming video of the workshop is available for viewing on CSU campus computers.
Presentation slides (pdf), Streaming video (NOTE: May take a few moments to load)
DVD by request: firstname.lastname@example.com
Presentation slides (pdf), Streaming video (NOTE: May take a few moments to load)
DVD by request: firstname.lastname@example.com
Video (NOTE: sound quality clears up after 5 minutes into the video)
Presentation slides (pdf), Video (DVD by request: email@example.com)
On Friday March 6, 2009, ORSP hosted a research and creative activities retreat at the Romberg Tiburon Center. The aim of the retreat was to identify and cluster faculty into thematic areas of interest, with a more concrete goal of developing new interdisciplinary centers/institutes/research groups.


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Yesterday, Sabrina and I took an unplanned excursion into downtown Austin. What prompted the trip was a promise I made to her the other day, which was that if she cleaned out (read: organized) her closet, I would take her shopping for new clothes. Personally, I didn't think she would do it. She takes after a certain family member, who shall remain nameless, that has a tendency to hold onto clothing far longer than necessary. Some items were so threadbare you could see through them, some were too big, some too small, and some made me ask her, what exactly were you thinking when you bought this?
She didn't appreciate my commentary.
Our adventure began at the Round Rock Outlet Mall so she could pick up a new pair of jeans. We (and I'm calling her out on this as well) must have been temporarily insane to go anywhere near a mall, for school starts Monday (see previous post for proof of that). Everyone and their extended family, including their dogs, were out shopping. The mall was packed, and after about 20 minutes, I was done. Fortunately we located the Guess store location relatively quickly, and three pair of half price jeans later, we split.
However, during the drive to the mall, which only takes about 20 minutes (kind of like driving to Chicago, right Dad?), we started talking about food, and that evenings' dinner plans, specifically. She's been complaining for at least three months now on how she misses Chinese cuisine, how there aren't any good Chinese restaurants here , she's afraid to eat at any of them anyway because of her MSG/nut allergies and blah blah blah blah blah.
As luck would have it, I had received an email of this recipe for Takeout Style Sesame Noodles earlier in the day, so in a last ditch effort to halt the nonstop verbal assault on my eardrums, I said, let's go to the MT Marketplace, find the required sesame paste, and make these dang noodles!
Suddenly, there was peace and quiet in the car. All you could hear was the hum of the engine. Ahhhhh. And then she said, "Really? We can do that tonight?" I handed her the address, told her to program the navigation system, and off we went. Of course, making our way through the market, where just about everything is written in Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Filipino, and Japanese, well, that's altogether another funny story.
Side note: I am pretty sure we purchased Sesame Paste, unless Eye of Newt Puree tastes like sesame seeds…..
Blueberry Buttermilk Bundt Cake – adapted from Food Network
This cake was the definition of "the bomb". Sabrina and I loved it. I purposely picked up more blueberries from Costco earlier in the week, just so I can make another cake. It's super light, moist and I wouldn't change a thing about it.
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
3 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 cups blueberries (about 1 pint)
Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter a nonstick 12-cup Bundt pan. Whisk together the flour and baking powder in a medium bowl.
Beat 2 sticks butter, the granulated sugar and vegetable oil in a bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, at least 5 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the eggs one at a time, then beat in the vanilla. Add about one-third of the flour mixture and half of the buttermilk; beat until almost incorporated. Add another one-third of the flour mixture and the remaining buttermilk. Beat, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until just combined. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat 30 seconds. Finish incorporating the flour by hand to avoid overmixing.
Spoon one-third of the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle in half of the blueberries, then top with another one-third of the batter. Scatter the remaining blueberries on top and cover with the rest of the batter; smooth the top. Bake until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour, 10 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 30 minutes in the pan. Run a small sharp knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the cake, then invert onto the rack to cool completely.


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